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Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/47, f 70
Title:: Letter from Patrick Ryan to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding the Government having sanctioned two assistants to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1866
Extent:: 12 folio

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 1-3
Title:: Letter from Patrick Ryan, Bombay to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding Captain Felix Jones who has returned to Bombay with the expectation of resuming his telegraph position in the Gulf, but that the Bombay Government has received no instructions in relation to an appointment for him. The letter goes on to give news of Captain Robert Lambert Play...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 28 Mar 1863
Extent:: 3 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 4-5
Title:: Letter from J R Latimer?, Malabar Point, India to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Letter citing a letter which the Governor of Bombay had received from Patrick Stewart in which Stewart had expressed his gratitude for all Pelly's kindness and help towards him.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 10 Apr 1864
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 6-7
Title:: Letter from Robert Grant Watson, Blackhouse, Ayr, Scotland to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Letter providing Pelly with advice on travelling to Tehran via the Volga including where to obtain horses, where to catch the steamer and places that would be worth visiting en route.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 8 Sep 1865
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 8-15
Title:: Letter from Hubert Izaak Walton, Indo-European Telegraph Department, Kurrachee [Karachi] to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding the ongoing work on the telegraph line and the need for another line via Gwadur [Gwadar], Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas], Shiraz and Teheran [Tehran] in order to join up with the Russian telegraph system. The letter goes on to discuss the delays that have been occuring in message ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 23 Oct 1865
Extent:: 8 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 16-17
Title:: Letter from Patrick Ryan, Bombay to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding the arrival of Commander Montresor and HMS Severn in Bombay and the Commander's arrangements to assist Pelly in the Gulf and send steam tenders to Muscat. The letter also discusses the situation in Muscat including the various scenarios that could arise if Sultan Thoweynee [Say...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 3 Dec 1865
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 18-19
Title:: Letter from Herbert Edward Jacomb, Bombay to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding obtaining a consignment of pearl oysters from the Persian Gulf in order to replenish existing exhausted pearl beds in Ceylon [Sir Lanka].
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 19 Feb 1865
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 20-21
Title:: Letter from Henry? Taylor, Guzeroom [Kāzerūn?] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Letter requesting that Pelly assist his friend Mr R Helme to get to Busreh [Basra] and Baghdad.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 27 Mar 1866
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 22-23
Title:: Letter from Saville Marriot Pelly , Gulan? to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding his departure from Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] and his safe arrival in Gulan? and requesting that Pelly inform Kitty [Catherine Frances Hojel, his sister-in-law] that he will write to her the following day. The letter also discusses a conversation he had with the Governor of Bomba...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 28 Mar 1866
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/47, ff 24-25
Title:: Letter from Ronald Campbell, Kurrachee [Karachi] to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding rumours that Colonel Herbert Disbrowe may not return to Muscat and the likelihood of his obtaining the position there.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 30 Mar 1866
Extent:: 2 folios

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